Northwest India Resource Maps and Toolkit
This page contains high-resolution solar resource maps and data products for northwest India. The high-resolution (10-km) solar resource data were developed using weather satellite data incorporated into a site-time specific solar mapping approach developed at the U.S. State University of New York at Albany. The data were output as data in Geographic Information System (GIS) format, as static maps, and incorporated into a Geospatial Toolkit (GsT).
The GsT allows the user to examine the resource data in a geospatial context along with other key information relevant to renewable energy development, such as transportation networks, transmission corridors, existing power facilities, load centers, terrain conditions, and land use. GsT users can incorporate location-specific data directly into the micropower optimization model, HOMER, to design least-cost hybrid renewable power systems to meet electric-load requirements at the village level.
These products were developed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in cooperation with India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of State.
Please contact Shannon Cowlin for any additional information.
You also can visit our NREL Geospatial Toolkits page for more information on this and other countries.
Some of the following documents are available as Adobe PDF. Download Adobe Reader.
Solar Resources
Maps
Direct normal irradiance
- Annual average (PDF 388 KB)
- Seasonal average (ZIP 1.3 MB)
- Monthly average (ZIP 3.8 MB)
Global horizontal irradiance
- Annual average (PDF 372 KB)
- Seasonal average (ZIP 1.2 MB)
- Monthly average (ZIP 3.8 MB)
Latitude tilt
- Annual average (PDF 372 KB)
- Seasonal average (ZIP 1.2 MB)
- Monthly average (ZIP 3.8 MB)
GIS Data
- Direct normal irradiance (ZIP 701 KB)
- Global horizontal irradiance (ZIP 685 KB)
- Latitude tilt (ZIP 669 KB)
Documentation
- Solar Resource Assessment Methodology for Northwest India (PDF 672 KB)
Geospatial Toolkit
- Northwest India Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) with high-resolution data interfaced to HOMER (EXE 30.6 MB)
